Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-31
A CANOEING EXPEDITION.

DESCRIPTION or NOVEL CRAFT M
GENTLY CONSTRUCTED.
Tonight J. O. Haines, E. NJ. Carr, b.
F. Carr, A. O. Bosnian and W. II. Cor
ham will LEAFS Seattle on the steamer
Eliza Anderson for Vancouver. B. O.,
from vhlch point they will pressed BY
the Canadian Pacific Railway 10 Golden
City, b. O., where = steamer viii meet
the party and carry les members Up the
Columbia $50 miles, 10 lie source, OF
what are known as ths Upper Columbia
Lakes.
There the party will await the arrival
Of DR.. 4. r. Minor, Who will be unable
10 leave With the ether members this
evening, on aocount Of his position az
MAYOR, which requires his presence
here az toe oonveniog OF the City Coun-
eli on the evening Of August bth. On
the arrival Of The Doctor al the lakes
the party, In canoes. will start down
the river from It's heAdwaters, past
Golden City. 30 Boat Eneampment. an
old station OF encampmsnt established
by the Hudson Bay Company years
AGO. From there they proceed 20 the
| source % che Athoasca river. and 10 the
foot Of Mount Brown (i6,00o feet high \,
and Mount Hooker. After some little
time spsnt there they wiil coutinue
doun zoe Columbia, through DEATHS
1 Rapids 20 Rsvelstaka, and thence home
aesin by the Canadian PaeiHc.
Or. Miner and J. Q. Haines viii use
Rashtou canoes. which have been
sbipped 20 Golden City from Seattle.
l while the Carr brothers. A. o. Bowman
ana W. II. 0oFhAm will use Eastwood
canoes, which have been shipped from
Peteraboro, Onlari0, 10 Golden City.
zach member of The party viii take =
ehotVun and rife, besides fishing tackle
Nrs' Minor and Mrs HAines will 80.
ooupAny she party 10 Golden CITY, and
vill seioarn al Banh Hot Springs WhilS
tba PARTY make the run down the river
TThe entire trip viii occupy about foul
weeks. ana the cAnoeists expect 30 havs
while on the subject OF canoes and
canoeing. Il NAV noa be cut Of place q
giVe a brief description OF peouliai
eraft recently constructed By Lsvi n
Taruer, a brother Of eur feliew towns
nan +. A. Turner, 81 Charleston. Massa
eh0setts. Who has spared 10 pains 4
mAhe successful What u probably ~
ARA sshyiuR proa" ever constructed Il
this country. Tbs construction b vel
calculated % cause the eyes to protrude
a. tse falloWine brief description I'll
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length. ImagiDe a. ordinary canoe
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